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Just because someone calls themselves Democratic doesn't make them so.
See the countless bourgeois "democracies" around the globe. Which coincidentally is that the Democrats are veering dangerously close to. They would be relatively harmless (possiby even beneficial) as a minor coalition partner, but unopposed and in government I would fear for the revolution itself. True democracy lies in the workers' Soviets.

"In the factories and mills, in the shipyards and mines
We've often been told to keep up with the times
For our skills are not needed, they've streamlined the job
And with sliderule and stopwatch our pride they have robbed"

Can I have some of the stuff you are smoking, comrade?
Seems to be of high quality.

Well, the assembly has always been an advisory body aside from their appointment of the chairman. With a clear mandate from the people, be sure that any "advice" it gives will have to be considered very carefully by any chairman if they wish to remain popular. But this is just a minor political point. What matters much, much more to the ordinary worker is their economic self-determination. Currently, the state bureaucrats decide all economic policy. With the revolutionary concept of the workers' soviet, the workers will be truly enfranchised and get a say in a way much more concrete than voting for who takes up the chairmanship in Cologne. Do we want to be reduced to a bourgeois "democracy", in which workers vote for distant politicians, but have no real say? Surely not.

"In the factories and mills, in the shipyards and mines
We've often been told to keep up with the times
For our skills are not needed, they've streamlined the job
And with sliderule and stopwatch our pride they have robbed"

Well, the assembly has always been an advisory body aside from their appointment of the chairman. With a clear mandate from the people, be sure that any "advice" it gives will have to be considered very carefully by any chairman if they wish to remain popular.

Sorry comrade, but that just sounds like wishful thinking to me. Why should a chairman who is not elected by the people care how popular he is with them?

Originally Posted by Communard

But this is just a minor political point. What matters much, much more to the ordinary worker is their economic self-determination. Currently, the state bureaucrats decide all economic policy. With the revolutionary concept of the workers' soviet, the workers will be truly enfranchised and get a say in a way much more concrete than voting for who takes up the chairmanship in Cologne. Do we want to be reduced to a bourgeois "democracy", in which workers vote for distant politicians, but have no real say? Surely not.

Minor political point???
The chairman decides if we go to war or not! That is a matter of life or death!!!
Regional workers' participation in the economic decision process is all nice and well, but that alone certainly won't lead to "True Democracy".
And what about the rural population? Why should they stay disenfranchised?

The Democrats are pacifists who are unable to stomach the reality of war. It is specifically this WEAKNESS that leaves me unable to vote for the Democrats no matter how reasonable the rest of their platform. A nation unable to take the initiative through a Declaration of War is a nation that can only respond to and never determine the course of history.

It is very broken. Freedom of speech is under fire, underground political parties on the run from Lenin's oppressive Militarist police force, and an overproduction problem spiralling out of control that Lenin seems incapable of understanding yet alone fixing. It is time for a change!

Originally Posted by winsingtonIII

Democrats

Marxist economic policies alongside political and religious freedom seems to be exactly what I am looking for. However, I am disappointed with their pacifist foreign policy. Either way, for now they earn my vote given how closely their domestic policies match what I want.

I'm sorry comrade, but are you serious? Their economic platform is the most bourgeois we've had yet. They want to coexist with and ensure profitable trade relations with Capitalist neighbours. What on earth is Marxist about that?